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D. 19 ; A. 24. 



I have about 100 specimens of this common tropical herring, var^'ing in size 

 from one to five inches. They appeared erratically in great schools. 



ENGRAULIDAE. 



Stolephorus choerostomus (Goode). Hog-mouth Fry. 



Engraulis choerostomus Goode. Goode, '74, p. 380; and '76^, p. 70. 

 Jordan & Everraann, '96-00, vol. 1 (1896), p. iU. 



Distribution. — Bermuda and Porto Rico. 

 D. 13 or 14; A. 23. 



This species was not at all common during July, but in August immense 

 quantities were seined for bait in Bailey's Bay and Flatts Inlet. 



SYNODONTIDAE. 

 Synodus saurus (Linne). Snake fish. 



S. lacerta (Valenciennes) Goode. Goode, '76=', p. 68. 

 Jordan & Evermaun, '96-00, vol. 1 (1896), p. 537. 



Distribution. — Atlantic coast of Southern Europe ; Bermuda. 



D. 12; A. 12. 



One of the two specimens taken jumped into a rowboat at Flatts Inlet ; they 

 frequently rise three feet from the water in the upward dash after their prey. 

 The second specimen was taken from the fish pot of a Portuguese at Cooper's 

 Island by Messrs. Nichols and Bryant. 



We had many opportunities to watch their habits as they lay on the white 

 shell and coral sand in the Flatts Inlet. They changed color remarkably and 

 mimicked their surroundings very closely indeed. They would wait until 

 their food, usually a small fish, was directly over them, and then rise with 

 great speed, and seize it from below. 



ESOCIDAE. 

 Tylosurus raphidoma (Ranzani). 



Distribution. — West Indies; coasts of Florida and Brazil. 



D. 23; A. 22. 



This species has not, I believe, been found at Bermuda before. One small 

 specimen (4i" Ig.) was taken with a fine seine in Flatts Inlet. It showed 

 none of the silvery coloring of the adults, but was covered with stellate 

 chromatophores. 



T. acus (LACKPi;DE). Hound. 



Distribution. — West Indies, occasionally northward and in the Mediterra- 

 nean Sea. 



D. 23; A. 21. 



